No doubt. A lot of the bbq sucks in KC too. Including from the good places if you're there on the wrong day. I've had shitty q from Bryant's, Jack Stack, etc.

The biggest thing I think helps KC is meat quality. I'd rather eat a hotdog from the Midwest than any cut of pork from Texas. Their beef sucks too.

I openly admit I'll take KC BBQ over any regions BBQ because I'm biased. People in Texas and the other que regions are the same way. I appreciate other que styles. Hell I've taken road trips to Austin and the hill country to try different places. Sometime in the near future I'm going to go to Franklins BBQ in Austin and see if its worth the hype. As for Pappys, like most things from St. Louis, it's inferior to KC.